A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to require the establishment nationally of an emergency telephone call referral system using the telephone number 911 for such calls.

Summary

Requires the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations: (1) establishing the telephone number 911 as the number for emergency telephone calls made anywhere in the United States, (2) requiring every telephone company to establish a system for connecting any emergency telephone call made using such number to an appropriate agency, and (3) defining the term 'emergency telephone call'. Makes it unlawful for any person to willfully make any telephone call using the number 911 if he knows that such telephone call is not an emergency telephone call.

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Timeline

1. 14 March 1973

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 March 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 March 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 March 1973

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Veysey, Victor V. [R-CA-43] · R · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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